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Fiction and Playwriting Contest Finalists Fiction and Playwriting Contest Finalists

Saints and Sinners is pleased to announce the finalists for our annual fiction and playwrighting contests. The winning play will be performed at the 2010 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, and the winning story, along with other finalists, will be featured in an anthology available at the Festival.


Pitch Your Manuscript Pitch Your Manuscript

Once again this year, Bold Strokes Books will be providing authors the opportunity to pitch their work to editors Radclyffe and Greg Herren. The pitch meetings will last for ten minutes and will take place Friday afternoon.


2010 Master Classes 2010 Master Classes

We’ve lined up a whole krewe of literary greats for our Master Class series. Each will offer practical tips, inspiring insights, and a little lagniappe to take away. Here’s the list of all our Master Class offerings:


Writing Competitons

Fourth Annual Full-Length Playwriting Competition Fourth Annual Full-Length Playwriting Competition

The winning play from our fourth annual contest will be produced by the Marigny Theatre Corporation and will premier the weekend of the 8th annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, May 13-16, 2010.


Fiction and Playwriting Contest Finalists Fiction and Playwriting Contest Finalists

Saints and Sinners is pleased to announce the finalists for our annual fiction and playwrighting contests. The winning play will be performed at the 2010 Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, and the winning story, along with other finalists, will be featured in an anthology available at the Festival.


First Annual Short Fiction Contest First Annual Short Fiction Contest

Soliciting original, unpublished short stories between 5,000 and 7,000 words with GLBT content.


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Awards

Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame Saints and Sinners Hall of Fame

Since 2003, Saints and Sinners has inducted these recipients into our Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame in recognition of their contributions to the GLBT literary community.


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2010 Speakers

Bernard Cooper Bernard Cooper

Bernard Cooper has written two collections of memoirs, Maps to Anywhere and Truth Serum, as well as a novel, A Year of Rhymes, and a collection of short stories, Guess Again. His work has appeared in Story, Ploughshares, Harper’s, The Paris Review, and The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of The | Read More →


Jim Grimsley Jim Grimsley

Jim Grimsley is an award winning playwright and author. His literary fiction includes such novels as My Drowning, Winter Birds, Dream Boy, and Comfort and Joy; his fantasy fiction includes the award winning novels Kirith Kirin and The Ordinary.


More 2010 Speakers

Support the Festival

Archangel Membership Program Archangel Membership Program

Help ensure that the festival not only continues, but grows.


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About

Contact Us Contact Us

Call or email Event Organizer Paul J. Willis with questions and concerns:
info@sasfest.org | 504.581.1144


About the Festival About the Festival

The Festival, held over 4 days each Spring, features panel discussions and master classes on literary topics that provide a forum for authors, editors and publishers to talk about their work for the benefit of emerging writers and the enjoyment of fans of LGBT literature.